Baltimore (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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Baltimore
Borough constituency
Created: 1614
Post-Union: Disfranchised
Type: Irish House of Commons

Baltimore (also known as Baltimore Borough) was a potwalloper constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1801.

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[edit] Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This constituency was based in the town of Baltimore in County Cork.

[edit] Members of Parliament

It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland from 1613 to 1800.

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Baltimore, Incorporated March 25th, 1613.

[edit] Potwalloper

A potwalloper (sometimes potwalloner or potwaller) is an archaic term referring to a borough constituency returning members to the British House of Commons before 1832 and the Reform Act created a uniform suffrage. (Several potwalloper constituencies were also represented in the Irish House of Commons, prior to its abolition in 1801). A potwalloper borough was one in which a householder had the right to vote if he had, in his house, a hearth large enough to boil, or wallop, a cauldron, or pot.

[edit] Elections

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[edit] See also

[edit] References

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  • Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692–1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-90368-809-4
  • T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
  • Tim Cadogan and Jeremiah Falvey, A Biographical Dictionary of Cork, 2006, Four Courts Press ISBN 1-84682-030-8


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